Wardrobe-trunk.



S. LESNIKOWSKI.

WARDROBE TRUNK. APPLICATION FILED 23.1. 1917.

1,239,91 O. Patented June 26, 1917.

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SZYMON LESNIKOWSKI, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WARDROBE-TRUNK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed February 1, 1917. Serial No. 145,964.

-To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SZYMoN LESNIKOWSKI, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at Detroit, in the county of WVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVardrobe-Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wardrobe trunks.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a trunk designed for employment in traveling V and having a foldable wardrobe portion easily set up for use for hanging articles therein in a readily acces sible position. n

A further object of the device is the provision ofa traveling case adapted for carrying wearing apparel compactly arranged therein and having a foldable wardrobe sec tion within which the apparel may be read ily suspended whenever desired, such for 1nstance, as at the end of a journey.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a trunk having a normally folded wardrobe. arranged in the lid thereof, compartments being provided in the trunk adapted to be opened only when the contents have been removed from the main storage portion of the trunk.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a-front elevation of thedevice closed.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same partially broken away.

Fig. 3 is a with the wardrobe in use partially broken away.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view thereof, a portion of the trunk being shown in side elevation.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through a portion of the device with the wardrobe member partially unfolded.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a rear corner portion of the device with a section of the wardrobe removed.

Fig. 7 is a perspectlve view of a corner portion of the upper section of the wardrobe.

Fig. 8 is an end elevation of an upper front corner portion of the device.

Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view through front elevation of the device.

a rear portion of the device showing the hinge and connecting means, and,

Fig. 10 is an enlarged view of the latch member for the compartment door.

The present invention broadly consists of a traveling case or trunk having a main trunk portion 10 forming a receptacle for the reception of desirable articles, such as wearing apparel, the same being provided with a lid 11 hingedly mounted as at 12, a foldable wardrobe being arranged within the said lid. I

A false bottom 13 is arranged in the trunk having a sliding compartment or drawer 14E centrally positioned therebeneath and adapted to be withdrawn forwardly of the trunk upon opening the closure door 15 hinged as at 16.to the trunk bottom 17 and provided with a spring-pressed latch or bolt 18 releasable from a point within the trunk by a handle 19. Hinged portions 20 are provided for the false bottom 13 adjacent the opposite ends of the trunk and at opposite sides of the drawer. 14, the same being read ily opened by means of tabs or tapes 21 from a point within the trunk and resting upon cleats 22 at the ends of the trunk when in their closed positions.v

The lid 11 is formed of twoseparable sections 23 and 24, the former having hinges 12 attached thereto as well as the usual form of strut25 engaging a pin 26 within the trunk for retaining the lid tilted in its open position when desired. A swinging hasp 27 is carried by the lid section 23 for locking engagement with the trunk 10 in substantially the usual manner.

The upper lid section 24: is provided with opposite end panels 28' hinged interiorly thereof as at 29 while two-part front and rear panels 30 and 31 respectively, hingedly connect the adjacent forward and rear portions of the lid sections 23 and 24 together, the portions of said front and rear anels being hingedly connected as at 32 so stantially centrally of the said panels. The end panels 28 are foldable one over the other within the lid section 24 as best illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawing while the front and rear panels 30 and 31 are inwardly foldable in accommodating relations with the panel 31 overlying the panel 30 in a compact manner within the two lid sections 23 and 24.

WVhen the wardrobe is folded, the upper section 24 is manually elevated, thereby automatically unfolding the forward and rear panels 30 and 31 to their positions shown in Fig. 4 and whereupon the end panels. 28 are forced downwardly therebetween by grasping the tabs 33 carried thereby and in which manner the end panels when arranged upright perpendicularly between the forward and rear panels, retain the forward and rear panels from any hinging movement, thereby locking the wardrobe in its open operative arrangement.

Doors 34 are hinged as at 34 in the forward panel 30, the said doors being formed in sections connected together by hinges 35 corresponding in position to the hinges 32 of the forward panel, allowing the forward panel to be folded when the doors 3% are in their closed position. i

The hasp 27 has a swinging plate 36 arranged thereon provided with an opening 37 for engaging a hook 38 on the. front side of the upper lid section 24- when the lid sections are in their closed arrangement. Headed pins 39 are carried by plates 40 upon the upper edge of the lower lid section 23 adapted to allow the plates 41 upon the rear lower edge of the upper lid section 24 to be hooked thereover with the. notches or slots 42 of the plates .41 receiving the pins 39. The rear edges of'the sections 23. and 2a are hooked together in this manner during the closing of the two sections together and when in engagement in their lid forming position,

I the plate 36 is positioned with its perforation 37 over the hook 38', thereby locking the lid sections together while the hasp 27 when secured also retains the lid closed upon the trunk,

From thisdetailed description of the device, the complete operation thereof will be apparent, it being noted that the device is normally arranged as shown in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings in'a position to readily open the lid and fill the trunk with wearing apparel. By releasing the hasp 27 and thereafter the plate 36, the upper lid section 24; may be released forced rear-wardly, disconnecting the same from the pins 39 of the lower lid section and the wardrobe then assembled in the manner heretofore de scribed. The wardrobe consumes only the space within the lid when folded while a trayor other member (not shown) may be arranged within the trunk 10 if desired.

That I claim as. new is 1.. A wardrobe trunk comprising in combination with a receptacle, a lid hingedthereto formed in two separable. sections, foldable front and rear panels formed of hinged sections hingedly connecting said lid sections together, and end panels hinged to one of said lid sections in' positioning engagement with the front and rear sections and arranged therebetween when the device is unfolded in its wardrobe arrangement.

2. In a traveling case, a lid formed with upper and lower separable sections, end panels foldably hinged within the upper section, front and rear-panels formed of hinged sections hingedly connecting the lidsections together, and hinged doors provided for the front panel, each of said doors being formed of hinged sections adapted for folding si multaneously with the folding of the front panel.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SZYMON' LESNIKOWSKI.

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